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Using the systemSafetyDriving TipsGeneral MaintenanceBreakdown assistanceTechnical Data
– Have the tightening torque checked with a torque wrench as
soon as possible. The tightening torque must be 120 Nm.
The safety wheel bolts on vehicles fitted with them (one safety wheel bolt
per wheel) can only be loosened or tighten up by using the adapter
provided.
It is meaningful to note the code number hammered into the rear side of
the adapter or the rear side of the safety wheel bolts. You can obtain a
replacement adapter from a Škoda dealer, if necessary, by quoting this
number.
We recommend that you always carry the adapter for the wheel bolts with
you in the vehicle. It should be stowed in the vehicle tool kit.
Caution
•Damage can occur to the adapter and safety wheel bolt if the safety
wheel bolt is tightened up too much.
•On steel wheels, the theft-deterrent wheel bolt must always be
installed in the hole, which is close to the valve. Otherwise the full wheel
trim cannot be mounted and the full wheel trim can be damaged during the
assembly.
Note
The set of safety wheel bolts can be obtained from your Škoda dealer.
Jump-starting
Initial steps
You can use the battery of another vehicle for jump-starting yours if the
engine does not start because the battery on your vehicle is flat. You will
require jump-start cables for this purpose.
Both batteries must have a rated voltage of 12 V. The capacity (Ah) of the
battery supplying the power must not be significantly less than the
capacity of the discharged battery in your vehicle.
Jump-start cables
Only use jump-start cables which have an adequately large cross-section
and insulated terminal clamps. Please pay attention to the manufacturer's
instructions.
Positive cable - colour coding in the majority of cases red.
Negative cable - colour coding in the majority of cases black.
WARNING
•A discharged battery may already freeze at temperatures just
below 0°C. In case of frozen battery carry out no jump-starting - risk
of explosion! Also after thawing of the battery there is a risk of
caustic burns due to leaking acid. Replace the frozen battery.
•Please pay attention to the warning instructions relating to
working in the engine compartment ⇒page 219.
Note
•There must not be any contact between the two vehicles otherwise
current may flow as soon as the negative terminals are connected.
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Operation in winter
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
De-icing windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
The battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Overview of the engine compartment . . . . . 220
P
Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Passive Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Petrol engines Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Power socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Power windows Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Operational problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switch on the driver's door . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switches in front passenger door and in rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
R
Raise vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Rear window
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear window heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear-view mirror Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Interior rear-view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirculated air mode Heating and ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Emergency release of fuel filler flap . . . . 217
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Replacing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . 68
Roof aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Running in the car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
S
Safe distance to steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safe securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Safety wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Saving electrical energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Seat belt
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Seat belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
blocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Service Interval Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Service key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting temperature The air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . 110
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Shifting of gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Vehicle immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
W
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Washing Wash systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
with high-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Washing vehicle by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wax treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Wheel Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Slackening and tightening . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Wheel trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Window lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Windows
De-icing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Windscreen Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Windscreen heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Windscreen washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Windscreen Wiper and Washer System . . . 233 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windscreen wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Windshield washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . 233 Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wiper blades Replacing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . 68
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
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